Z45.010: Encounter for checking and testing of cardiac pacemaker pulse generator [battery]
Z45.010 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for checking and testing of cardiac pacemaker pulse generator [battery]. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z45.010 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Encounter for replacing cardiac pacemaker pulse generator [battery]
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z45.010
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on Z45.01: Encounter for adjustment and management of cardiac pacemaker
- encounter for adjustment and management of automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator with synchronous cardiac pacemaker (Z45.02)
Written on Z45: Encounter for adjustment and management of implanted device
- malfunction or other complications of device - see Alphabetical Index
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z45.010
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Z45.010 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies: 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56451Billing and Coding: Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT) and Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA)
- A56602Billing and Coding: Cardiac Rhythm Device Evaluation
- A56737Billing and Coding: Cardiac Computed Tomography (CCT) and Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA)
- A57038Billing and Coding: Surveillance of Implantable or Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs): Office, Hospital, Web, or Non-Web Based
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Removal›cardiac pulse generator(battery) (end-of-life)
- Test, tests, testing›cardiac pulse generator(battery)
- Change›pacemaker›pulse generator
- Checking›cardiac pacemaker›pulse generator
- Fitting›CRT-P›pulse generator
- Fitting›pacemaker›pulse generator
- Worn out›cardiac›pacemaker›battery
- Admission›adjustment›pacemaker›cardiac›pulse generator
- Admission›adjustment›device NEC›implanted›cardiac›pacemaker›pulse generator
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.